Vulgarization tendencies in film and television dramas
In recent years, in order to attract attention and pursue the so-called "innovation", some film and television dramas have made some vulgar operations in plot design and character modeling that are offensive and ruinous. This not only violates historical truth and character image, but also challenges the audience's bottom line and values, and hurts the mainstream values of society.
The most typical example is the enchanting of religious figures. In some film and television dramas, the image of a nun or Taoist aunt is portrayed as bewitching and seductive, wearing revealing low-cut clothes and even revealing breasts. This practice is undoubtedly a serious distortion and desecration of the image of religious figures. In order to stay away from the red dust and take purity of heart and desire as the practice criterion, how could a nun wear such revealing clothing? This is not only incompatible with the nun's identity and spiritual philosophy, but also deliberately enchanting the image of religious figures to satisfy some people's obscene fantasies.
Another common vulgar practice is to have the characters wear revealing costumes for fight scenes. For example, in some costume dramas, female characters wear high-slit cheongsams and show large areas of skin from time to time during fights, which is tantamount to objectifying the female body as a visual consumer product. What's more, some so-called "innovative" directors even let nuns wear such revealing cheongsams to fight devils, which is simply a complete desecration and distortion of the image of nuns.
Contrary to historical truth and character image
These vulgar practices are all contrary to historical truth and the image of people. As an art form, film and television dramas should respect historical facts and faithfully reproduce the character traits and living environment of the characters. These "innovative" operations made in order to attract attention completely ignore historical authenticity and distort the image of the characters.
For example, to enchant the image of a nun is to ignore the nun's identity and spiritual philosophy. How could a nun become a monk in order to stay away from the red dust and live a life of pure heart and few desires? This is tantamount to blaspheming the rules of Buddhism and distorting the image of a nun.
Another example is to let a nun wear a high-slit cheongsam to fight devils, which is completely distorting the image of a nun. Nuns are monks and cultivators, so how can there be any reason to fight? Moreover, the nuns' costumes have always been simple and solemn, so how can they wear such revealing cheongsams? This is completely for the sake of so-called "innovation" and the directors ignoring historical truth and character images.
These so-called "innovative" operations are simply the pursuit of so-called "freshness" and "excitement", which are just for the sake of attracting attention. They ignore historical facts and distort the image of the characters, just to create some so-called "novelty" pictures and satisfy some people's obscene fantasies.
Harm to social values
The most serious thing is that these vulgar practices are challenging the audience's bottom line and values, and hurting the mainstream values of society. Some film and television practitioners are desperate to attract attention, and they are completely destroying the bottom line of social values, intentionally or unintentionally.
These practices are undoubtedly challenging the audience's bottom line. The enchantment of religious figures and the use of characters in revealing clothing to fight are all challenges to basic perceptions of religion and morality. Religious people have always been seen as a symbol of nobility and purity, and these practices are undoubtedly desecrating and defiling this sacred image. Objectifying the female body and satisfying some people's lewd fantasies is also challenging people's basic respect for women.
These practices are tasteless and completely subvert many people's historical common sense and values. For example, having a nun wear a revealing cheongsam to fight devils is tantamount to turning a solemn religious ritual into a pastime. This practice is undoubtedly defiling the rules of Buddhism and desecrating people's basic reverence for religion.
These practices undermine the prevailing values of society. Our society has always advocated values such as equality between men and women, respect for others, and obedience to the law. And these practices of objectifying women's bodies and blaspheming religion are undoubtedly undermining these mainstream values. In the long run, they will lead to a declining social atmosphere and a continuous challenge and breakthrough of moral bottom line.